After dropping their first game of the season on January 21, the Lone Star ladies have rebounded nicely to string together three straight wins.

With an impressive 10-1 record, the Lady Longhorns climbed one spot in this week’s 1A rankings and now sit at #7 and eighth in Monday’s RPI rankings. Their lone loss comes to Shining Mountain who is at the top of the RPI rankings.

Last week’s action came early on with games Monday and Tuesday. Lone Star hosted Flagler/Hi-Plains on Monday in a low scoring league contest. It took a while for the Lady Longhorns to get rolling and led just 5-4 at the end of the first. Things started clicking in the second and the team outscored Flagler/Hi-Plains 14-2 to go into half up 19-6.

Lone Star steadily added to their advantage as they outscored their guests 11-6 in the third. With the final quarter ahead of them, the Lady Longhorns were in control 30-12. Lone Star blanked Flagler/Hi-Plains in the fourth and walked their way to a 39-12 win.

Sophomore Alison Davis led the team with 12 points, four rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Alivia Weathers added nine points, seven rebounds, three assists and six steals. Sophomore Kayleigh Lockard had eight points, three rebounds, one assist and four steals. Junior Andrea Kuntz had four points, one block, two rebounds, one assist and one steal. Senior Michaela Kuntz had three points, one rebound, one assist and one steal. Junior Idhaly Martinez had three points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal. Junior Jayna Lockard had one assist and three steals.

Lone Star stayed at home the following night to take on Otis in another league contest. The Lady Longhorns used a big first quarter to build a comfortable 17-4 lead, and then expanded on that with a 13-4 second quarter. By the break, Lone Star was in control 30-8.

The pressure didn’t stop there, as the Lady Longhorns knocked down 14 more points and held their guests to just eight. With the game all but locked up at 44-16, Lone Star put it on cruise control in the fourth and drove their way to a 46-20 victory.

Weathers had the hot hand with 15 points, seven rebounds, two assists and four steals. A. Kuntz had 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and three steals. J. Lockard had eight points, five rebounds, six assists and four steals. Davis had six points, three rebounds and one steal. M. Kuntz had two points and two rebounds. Freshman Hailey Forry had two points. K. Lockard had one block, two rebounds and two steals. Martinez had two rebounds and one steal. Freshman Leah Kubitz had one rebound and one steal.

Lone Star hosted Prairie on Monday, February 3 and will be back in action today, Wednesday, at Deer Trail. The ladies return home this Saturday to host Longmont Christian.